Mexico during XIX

Barradas Invasion

• First French Intervention
• Santa Anna lost his leg

The states from the Peninsula de Yucatán tried to get independent from Mexico.

• The wars in Mexico City were Churubusco, Molino del Rey and Chapultepec.
• In September 14 1848 the Americans fought their last battle for conquer Mexico.

Santa Anna didn't singed it.

End of Santa Anna's dictatorship.

• Ocampo Law: No vote for clergy.
• Juárez Law: Abolishment of special privileges for the clergy and the military.
• Iglesias Law: The church stops winning money from the people.

• Liberal government of Juárez against conservative government of Zuloaga.
• Mon-Almonte treaty (Conservative) and Mc Lane Ocampo treaty (Liberal) compromised the integrity and sovereignity of the country.
• This war was created to take away the power of the church.

Debts that Mexico owed to France (3 millions), Spain (9 millions) and Great Britain (70 millions).

The name of the treaties that were signed were Miramar Treaties. Maximiliano gave rights and embellish Mexico, also he wanted to make Mexico a cultural country. The two generals in Mexico that joined Maximilian were Miramón and Mejía.
The Civil War in the USA was over in 1865 and they helped Juárez to get to the power and kill Maximilian in Cerro de las Campanas, Querétaro in 1867.

Good acts from Juárez:
- Education available for everyone.
- Reform Laws.
- Civil Registry.
- Religious Toleration.
When Juárez died Lerdo de Tejada became president and Porfirio Diaz will be fighting for power.

He didn't became president and he was angry with Juárez and Lerdo de Tejada so he did this plan that failed.

Politics:
- Creation of a Senate.
- More laws attacking the church.
Economy:
- National fiscal system to collect taxes efficiently, used for projects like tyhe Railway Mexico-Veracruz.
- Telegraph network grew.
- Better roads.
Society and Culture
- Juárez educational policy was continued applying.

He took out Lerdo de Tejada from the power and he arrived.

• He made the Tuxtepec Revolution for taking the power from Lerdo de Tejada. Pro's
• Economy Grows.
• New monuments and expansion of culture.
• Cinematographic Expansion.
• The railroad system reached every important country in the city.
• Order and Progress
• The politics were controlled by the "scientists" and were ruled by the positivism.
• Improve relations with all the world. Against:
• He had the power for a lot of time.
• People felt slaves.
• Disregard lower class.
• Abuse of the Constitution.
• Indians in Haciendas were treated as slaves.
• Law of Colonization in Lone Territories
• Pan o Palo

He was a friend of Porfirio Díaz